The European Commission has introduced temporary protective measures against the import of electrical steel with an oriented granular structure used...
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The European Commission has introduced temporary protective measures for the import of electrical steel
The European Commission has proposed limiting scrap exports to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The European Commission has prepared draft rules that may limit the supply of ferrous scrap from the EU to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The...
EU restrictions on scrap exports to non-OECD countries may change global flows of ferrous metals
Restrictions on the export of scrap metal from the European Union to a number of countries outside the OECD from next year can significantly...
In Germany, crude steel production increased by 6.3% in January–August%
In August, German crude steel production increased by 1.7% year-on-year to reach 2.59 million tons. According to the German Federation of Steel...
Italian steel exports increased by 2.8% in value in the first half of the year
In January—June 2026, Italy exported about 4.66 million tons of flat and long products, which is 0.5% more than a year earlier. In monetary terms,...
In the EU, metallurgists and distributors are becoming increasingly interdependent, and the cost of energy remains a key investment factor.
In the EU, factories and distributors are increasingly dependent on each other amid weak export competitiveness and stricter import restrictions. At...
Italian ABS has opened a distribution and service center in Sweden
ABS — Acciaierie Bertoli Safau SpA, an Italian manufacturer of special SBQ quality steels, has opened a new distribution and service center in...
Siemens Mobility has launched a project to recycle materials from used trains
Siemens Mobility has launched a project that will allow materials from trains that have reached their end of life to be returned to the production...
Rebar prices rise in Poland amid rising energy costs
Prices for rebar in the Polish domestic market increased over the week to Friday, September 18: manufacturers continued to seek higher prices due to...
Prices for hot-rolled products in Europe are rising amid weak demand and buyer caution
On Monday, September 21, prices for hot-rolled rolled products in Northern Europe and Italy rose again, although market demand remains sluggish....
In July, the volume of construction in the eurozone did not change compared to June
According to a preliminary estimate by Eurostat, in July, production in the construction sector of the eurozone, seasonally adjusted, did not change...
Restrictions on railroads in the Balkans may complicate scrap metal trade
Planned work on the railway infrastructure in Serbia and Romania may disrupt the transportation of scrap metal in the Balkans. According to market...
Imports of production resources in Central and Eastern Europe are growing and increasing the burden on the industrial chain
Steel production in Central and Eastern Europe has declined markedly over the past ten years, but production continues to increase due to imported...
Nippon Steel to build new electric steelmaking plant in Slovakia
Nippon Steel, the largest steel producer in Japan, intends to build an electric arc furnace with a capacity of 1.6 million tons per year at the U....
EU may tighten steel market protection amid decarbonization and imports
Measures to protect the steel market in the EU will change along with the needs of European and global industry, said Karl Tachele, Deputy CEO of...
Imports of hot-rolled products to the EU remain at a moderate level amid difficulties with CBAM
European buyers are still showing a restrained interest in importing hot-rolled rolled products from a number of countries, seeking to meet their...
In the European market of long products, price increases are increasing with weak demand
Market participants note that the upward pressure on prices is increasing in the European long products market. At the same time, demand remains...
Stargate Hydrogen will send an EU grant to expand the production of equipment for environmentally friendly hydrogen
The Estonian company Stargate Hydrogen, which manufactures electrolyzers, has received a grant of 20.6 million euros from the European Union. The...
Waterford Capital Partners sells former Duferco steel mill in Denmark
Waterford Capital Partners has acquired the former Duferco Danish steel mill in Frederikswerk and is now offering the facility for sale or...
Marcegaglia changes pricing model for welded pipes amid market restructuring
Italian Marcegaglia has introduced a new price list that changes the approach to pricing welded pipes. According to industry sources, the company is...
Rebar prices are rising in Italy amid rising energy prices and a cautious recovery in demand
In Italy, domestic rebar prices had generally decreased in the week to Wednesday, September 17, although manufacturers are still seeking higher...
Sulzle to supply stainless steel fittings for modernization of Heligoland port
Sulzle Stahlpartner has started supplying about 2,500 tons of stainless steel fittings for the West Pier at the Heligoland Port in the North Sea. The...
EU measures to protect the steel market have increased pressure on processors and distributors
Steel distributors and service centers took part in an action in Brussels to draw attention to the growing competition from imported steel products...
The European Commission is reviewing the purchase of Arvedi steel distributor AMCLN
The Italian Acciaieria Arvedi S.p. A. has notified the European Commission of plans to gain full control over ArcelorMittal CLN Distribuzione Italia...
Italy's ADI has begun phasing out hot production at its Taranto plant.
Acciaierie d'Italia (ADI) has begun phasing out hot production at its Taranto steel complex after a Milan court rejected the company's...
The European steel industry has called for the CBAM reform to be accelerated after the mechanism is expanded to include processed products
The European steel industry said that even after the decision of the European Parliament, the EU market still does not provide equal conditions for...
Assofermet warned of the risk of weakening the European industry due to rising prices for rolled steel
The risk of a gradual and irreversible weakening of the European manufacturing industry is becoming more and more obvious, the Italian Assofermet...
The world's first LNG-powered cargo ship has arrived in Ghent
The Belgian division of ArcelorMittal— ArcelorMittal Belgium, has received the Oceana Frontier cargo ship at its berth in Ghent, which is considered...
Liberty Tubular Products has re-launched the production of welded pipes in Galac
On September 14, Romanian pipe manufacturer Liberty Tubular Products Galai resumed production at its welded pipe factory after several months of...
In Europe, there is a debate about the impact of CBAM on steel prices and the future of distributors
The Carbon Boundary Regulation Mechanism (CBAM) has not yet fully affected steel prices in the EU, but for distributors its further spread may become...

